ΕΠΤΗΞΑΝ, επτηξαν
EPTĒXAN, eptēxan
Sounds Like: ep-TEE-ksan
Translations: they cowered, they shrank, they were terrified, they were afraid
From the root: ΠΤΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of cowering or shrinking back due to fear or terror. It implies a physical reaction to a threatening situation, where one might huddle or draw back to avoid danger. It is often used to convey a sense of being utterly terrified.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4422 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 12:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΗΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΤΗ — flew, cowered, shrank, fled, a flew, a cowered, a shrank, a fled
- ἘΠΤΗΞΑΝ — they cowered, they shrank back, they were terrified, they were afraid
- ἘΠΤΗΞΕΝ — cowered, shrank, was terrified, was afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΑ — I cowered, I shrank, I was terrified, I was afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΕΝ — he cowered, he shrank, he was terrified, he was afraid
- ΠΕΠΤΗΧ — crouched, having crouched, having shrunk, having cowered, having been terrified
- ΠΤΕΣΗΤΕ — you cower, you are terrified, you flee in terror
- ΠΤΗΞΑΤΩ — let him shrink, let him cower, let him crouch, let him flee
- ΠΤΗΞΗΤΕ — cower, shrink, be afraid, be terrified
- ΠΤΗΣΣΩ — to cower, to crouch, to shrink, to be afraid, to be timid
- ΠΤΗΧ — to crouch, to cower, to shrink, to be afraid, to be terrified
- ΠΤΤΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been terrified, having been frightened, having been scared, having been made to cower
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